1. a person who speaks or writes in a loud, pompous, or exaggerated manner; a blustering speaker
Usage: often used to describe someone who makes grandiose claims or uses inflated language

Examples

• The politician was dismissed as a bombaster who made wild promises he could never keep.
• His speeches were full of bombastic language, earning him a reputation as a bombaster.
• The critic called the author a bombaster for using unnecessarily grandiose descriptions.
• She refused to listen to the bombaster's exaggerated tales of his accomplishments.
• The bombaster's inflated rhetoric impressed no one in the room.